The Other

the months passed
another season he
decides to remove
the air conditioner
like she had asked
"It'll be nice to
open that window” 

and it was and it
had been good for
him to have such a
thing to do but the 

light he had not
prepared himself for
the way it shown down
upon the rug in that
room and the way he
stared out the window
with the screwdriver
in his hand, pressing
the tip of it deeply
into his leg, feeling
it there, just as on
the train he would
often find himself
eavesdropping upon
the most senseless
things or at night
the way they slept
in that silence now
hoping to God the
other would not
leap up and scream